Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2023-01-11
Books mentioned on Katherine Rundell on the Art of Words
Katherine Rundell is, in a word, enthusiastic. She's enthusiastic about John Donne.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a whimsical collection of light verse by T.S.
Discussed“and some of it was a lot of it was T.S eliot's Possum's book of practical cats”
Where to get it
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Biathanatos
Discussed“and he wrote the first full-length treaties in the English language by Thanatos on suicide which argues that in very specific limited circumstances suicide is not a sin that Christ himself was the one great suicide”
Where to get it
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John Donne, life, mind, and art
John Donne, Life, Mind, and Art by John Carey is an acclaimed biographical and critical study of the celebrated seventeenth-century English poet and preacher John Donne.
Recommended“and John Kerry is completely spectacular book”
Where to get it
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Foundation
Foundation by Isaac Asimov is a classic science fiction masterpiece chronicling a visionary mathematician's efforts to preserve human knowledge and shorten a dark age through the establishment of a psychohistory-guided colony.
Discussed“if I think of some fictional works I read as a child like Isaac asimov's Foundation there was a thrill to the complete newness of it”
Where to get it
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Faerie queene
Edmund Spenser's epic Renaissance poem is a sprawling allegorical work celebrating Queen Elizabeth I through tales of knightly virtue and moral trials.
Recommended“and people should put the side about a week of their lives and read the fairy queen”
Where to get it
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Fire and Hemlock
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones is a rich, complex fantasy novel that blends contemporary realism with chilling folklore and intricate narrative puzzles.
Recommended“the obvious one being maybe something like fire and Hemlock or house Moving Castle”
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Howl's Moving Castle
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones is a whimsical and enchanting fantasy novel that operates as a modern fairy tale filled with magic, transformation, and unexpected adventure.
Recommended“the obvious one being maybe something like fire and Hemlock or house Moving Castle”
Where to get it
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Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert is a classic nineteenth-century French novel that tells the tragic story of a provincial doctor's wife who engages in extra-marital affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities of her provincial life.
Discussed“I was wondering if Madame Bovary counts as a novel of ideas well yes yes in that case Madame Bovary which I remember reading as a teenager”
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Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins by Pamela L.
Discussed“uh I'm gonna say underrated because the books are much stranger and wilder than we know”
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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka is a classic collection of surrealist fiction best known for its opening tale about a man who wakes up transformed into a giant insect.
Recommended“I have a picture book called my first Kafka which is a children's book retelling I didn't write it I just read it of metamorphosis and now I give them to all the toddlers”
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The pilgrim's progress
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is a classic Christian allegory that depicts a traveler's arduous journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City, capturing the trials, temptations, and spiritual triumphs of the human soul.
Discussed“and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is that book actually good yes it is”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I wrote a book called why you should read children's books even though you are so old and wise”
“I wrote a book called why you should read children's books even though you are so old and wise”
“the woman who wrote 101 Dalmatians and I captured the castle”